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Invisible fencing in wood pasture - A comparison of costs

Why invisible fencing?

Invisible fencing is an innovation that allows the control of cattle movement without needing physical barriers. In open areas, cattle can be fitted with a Geographical Positioning System (GPS) which will signal when a cow approaches a boundary.

Under trees in a wood pasture, due to the intermittent GPS signal, an alternative method is to bury an electric cable in the soil surface that emits a shortwave radio signal which is sensed by a transponder on a cattle collar. The transponder emits a noise as a cow approaches the boundary and, if she does not turn back, it provides an electric pulse similar to an electric fence. At Epping Forest, each collar also includes a GPS sensor which helps to locate the cattle.

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Agroforestry initiatives in Flanders (Belgium)

Eric Avermaete is a farmer in the neighborhood of Tienen, about 50 km east of Brussels. He grows cereals, sugar beets, potatoes and corn.

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Forest Restoration and Agroforestry in Ukraine: Origins, Current Status and Prospects in the Anthropocene

The results of the landmark International Scientific and Practical Conference "Forest Restoration and Agroforestry in Ukraine: Origins, Current Status and Prospects in the Anthropocene", which was held on November 7-9, 2019 in National University of Live and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv) received wide publicity in Ukraine.

AGFORWARD

AGroFORestry that Will Advance Rural Development

AFINET

AFINET (Agroforestry Innovation Networks) is a thematic network aimed to foster the exchange and the knowledge transfer between scientists and practitioners in the agroforestry.

AGROFE

AGROFE (Agroforestry Education in Europe) is a project that aims to develop a teaching system for agroforestry formation and promotion in Europe. Under the coordination of Agrosup Dijon (France), fourteen partners are working.

Sweet cherry in combination with vegetables on an organic farm

Agroforestry with chicken

Celtic Pigs in Silvopastoral Systems

Strip-like willow plantations offer a variety of retreats for birds and game

Willow silvopasture

Silvoarable agroforestry experiment with poplar and barley

Goats and Fraxinus, Portugal

Olive tree silvarable-pastoral system, near Viterbo, Italy

Montado + cattle

Holm oak, pasture + turkey

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